UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 11:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
52.12 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
81.9%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,259 MW 35.0%
Coal 24,296 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 656 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,598 MW -5.0%
Nuclear 8,023 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 737 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,109 MW 4.0%